Tag: Gardens
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Bandstand
#writephoto #bandstand Built in the park a place to be entertained new music to be played and maybe danced to if the urge is there sandwiches consumed by the audience as the band play those oh so familiar tunes a selection of favourites new and old, to be danced on the plaza nearby
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Hop to Flight
#Napowrimo #Day22 #paperswans #trees #roots #sky #birds The gardeners have been in taking off tree branches with extreme pruning They say its to keep the tree roots hid underneath from tearing up the grass The trees for their part keep on growing reaching for the sky meanwhile birds and squirrels all are hopping mad as […]
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Birds on a church spire
Salford and Manchester, March 1st 2021 Welcome! they chirp to the grandest birdhouse anywhere around the previous owners left a while back and there’s plenty of room to build a grand nest with five floors to move around – there’s space to rest feed your brood and practice the fine arts of swooping , flying […]
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Change in the weather
Salford, 28th August 2020 The bird’s seem to have got the message The mercury is in retreat A nip in the air – you’re feeling As you’re heading down the street Clouds of grey are gathering waiting for their time to sprinkle their raindrops down on the ground blocking out the sunshine And while cold […]
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Mystique
Manchester, 26th April 2020 Sat in the tranquil scene of the gardens off Piccadilly really – it hadn’t registered before engaging in conversation in the college refectory the year we first met – like yesterday
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Fuschia
#CYW #Fuschia Floating in the warmth of summer under their pink ballerina dresses – purple petticoats swaying in the gentle breeze colour to brighten up anyone’s day hard to miss – even though they try to be incognito a wonder for visiting birds and bees
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Benches
#C&BW #Benches I had to think about this particular challenge I mean…. what kind of bench? One on a path in a park ? Or Perhaps one by the water? Decisions decisions… eventually I took the decision to do both, both were taken in areas of my hometown, the first was taken with my Nikon […]
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Wondering….
In response to the prompt Amble My Home town has plenty of green space to go at… Two canals, a river network that runs up northern tributaries to Lancashire, and south towards Cheshire These canals and rivers meet up near the old dock at Salford Quays, formerly “Manchester Docks”, I walk that way when I […]
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Soil
Soil source of growth our garden plants depend on it its home for all sorts of life like worms, beetles and ants such an important base needs nutrients on certain mornings , water and fertiliser is added , to let the seedlings and bulbs lift their flowers into the sky and […]
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